The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-24
THE NEWS.

81. Id of foreign news, although
prese many interesting aspects, is
not $ ationa The most important
item ... Iaps comes from Germany. In
sine hstag the Army bill was de-
feale an adverse vote carrying a
Uaic of twenty-niue, despite the
s.raau. efforts OF Bismarck and the
other j. .nisters to pass it. In conse
q1e-.a he Reichstag was dissolved, and
urauars tons were mt once begun for an
active mpaign. Bismarck is charged
by members OF the majority, who de
faated his Army bill, with conspiring to
arouse a war feeling throughout the
country and drive the nation into a ruin
or- -tr-ggle, and they are preparing to
80 into the campaign as champions OF
the vr-k king and middle classes, who
would 2 the first to suffer from Il war, az
party of peace. On the other hand,
rar:k declares that the increase
u is necessary for the preserva-
5' the Empire, and contends that
.r e-peror has the right under the
t.s- ution to fix the numerical
Strength OF the army The Chancellor
relies pom the Prussian Landtag now i'll
session to make the necessary provision
j.. aaa army.
The speech from the throne at the
opening of the Landtag stated that a sur
T.r. II seven million marks from 1S85-86
d.. Zen applied to redeem the railway
a..- 4 similar result was anticipated
iH .la revenues OF the current fiscal year,
au loan of nineteen million marks
r be required in 1888. Bills would
reduced to extend the railway sys-
o regulate the government OF the
Ela3 provinces, to subdivide the Gov
ergI mt districts in Posen and Western
Pm "a with a view to promoting the
terl anization of the Polish provinces,
and )r the further revision OF the eccles-
las Il law. The relations between
Pr0-3ia and the Vatican are becoming
mo- friendly. The powers of the local
go- nments would be enlarged in the
dire ton of fixing taxes TO maintain com
mur ii schools, and help to organize farm
lab. ers and accident assurance associa-
tipn
'' Government of Hungary
pro oses an increase of So, OOO, 900 to the
ar estimates 1t is denied that there
Is treaty alliance between Russia and
Gf many The French Government
M es a point of increasing the effective
mes of the army as a peace measure,
aud of the credit asked for seventy-one
mil .on francs are to be applied to new
arms, the remainder to the new bar
racks and fleet. Bismarck's speech on
the Army bill has produced bad effect
i'm france. The London "Telegraph'
afiirms that Russia is trying to force q
Franco-German conflict, in order to en-
able her to carry out her own Eastern
plans La France" declares that it has
aUthentc information that Germany,
Italy and Spain have formed an alliance
against France, and that eX-Marshal
Bazaine is among the prime movers
The Bulgarian difficulty continues, but
no new point has been developed.
The State prosecutions at the Sligo
assizes were infamous, and the partisan
speech of Judge Palles and the excessive
sentences pronounced by him have
aroused public Indignation Evictions
continue, although the Irish Executive is
not giving the military aid expected by
the landlords. Lord Dillon has capitu-
lated and accepted the campaign pro-
gramme, Withdrawing his eviction no
ties and paying the costs. This is
money gain OF @ss5,Ug,0 to the tenants
this season. The Government brought
pressure to bear on Lord Dillon to stop
the war of eviction, and is similarly in
fuencing other landlords. The money
lenders who are managing the Winn es-
tates in Kerry have military assistance.
and the most barbarous cruelties and
oppression are reported as happening to
the unfortunate and starving tenants.
The conference between Gladstone and
cham berlain has cone off. The result
his not been officially stated Those
present discussed the basis of fusion
between Gladstone's followers and the
Z nonists. The irish party are salts
fed that Gladstone will stand firm on
T-,,,o P,,lA Tin4 IS the ef.ln, bling
60 aau 4a.a Lord Randolph